To find a job, would you seek out a Military Job Fair? If not, can you share why and how would you/do you go about finding a job?

I have been to several and they all had one thing in common. They were a complete waste of time. The reps just pointed the people to their online hiring portals and there was no substance. I wont waste my time with them anymore. Since I am a Federal employee I just go on USAjobs and search. Seems to have worked well for me so far lol.

I've been to a couple before I ETSed from active duty. It really does tend to be a shot gun blast of you putting out a bunch of resumes to try to get a few nibbles on jobs, and the employer casting out a wide net to pull in a bunch of prospective employees to fill a handful of slots. So it is one approach that depending on your skills and the type of job you are going after what you may end up with.

Military personnel often have the added benefit of having a clearance which opens up jobs that the majority of the population does not have a chance at. I would look on those type of sites like ClearanceJobs.com, which can search by geography if you're looking for something in specific areas, especially if they have defense contractors around. Networking through sites like this one or LinkedIn will also be beneficial to helping find work.

I retired from the Army in 2011 and attended several different military fairs at Fort Drum, JBLM, and Chicago. These were sponsored by different organizations, but all with a similar focus.

The problem with transitioning out of service is that you go through some variation of TAP program and they tell you to civilianize your resume. When you go to these military specific job fairs on installations or in large cities, many of the companies are contractors and they actually want your military jargon included instead of civilianized terms. The first one I attended, they all asked specific questions that were military specific.

I was better prepared for the next one and had two job offers before I retired. I was actually working two months before my terminal leave ended.

I have helped initiate locally a program at a few different regional job and career fairs here. For three different job fairs here in Wisconsin now, the first hour is only open to veterans and then it is open to the general public. The advantage of this is that you get a larger pool of employers who might have the specific positions that military/veterans are looking for and they still get first crack before others.